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Dec 21, 20243 min read
AV Testing Facility Available for Free in the Virtual World
The University of Michigan’s test centre for connected and autonomous vehicles (AVs) and technologies is providing an open-source digital...
May 13, 20232 min read
Volvo Trucks Tests Hydrogen-Powered Electric Trucks on Public Roads
Emitting only water vapour, hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks will be essential to Volvo Trucks’ zero exhaust emission product portfolio....
Apr 10, 20234 min read
MAN eTruck Copes with Polar Winter Endurance Testing.
From December to March, MAN integrated the upcoming large-series e-truck into its annual winter testing in northern Sweden. There, the...
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Brake Control Systems for New E-Platforms by Mercedes-Benz in Endurance Testing at the Arctic Circle
Test drives provide the development team with essential insights. For example, Mercedes-Benz tested the latest generation of brake...
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Winter Testing On Ice and Snow, The New BMW i5.
The new all electric, BMW i5 repeatedly demonstrated the stability of its electric powertrain and its dynamic performance over arduous...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
Tesla Winter Testing in July. Model-Wide Track Mode
As the European Winter Season draws to an end, the Southern hemisphere Winter Season will soon begin, and the American E-mobility...
Feb 17, 20232 min read
Final Tests of the New VW Touareg Close to the Arctic Circle
Volkswagen has released images and news of the camouflaged new Touareg whilst the vehicle is still completing its final test miles in...
Jan 31, 20232 min read
ZF Unveils 5G Campus Network at its Jeversen Commercial Vehicle Test Track
ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division has further underlined its commitment to advancing ‘Next Generation Mobility’ by...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Smithers Winter Test Centre Celebrates 50 Years
Founded in 1925 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Smithers is a multinational provider of testing, consulting, information, and...
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Porsche Engineering and Vodafone Business push 5G infrastructure.
Porsche Engineering and Vodafone Business have established Europe's first 5G hybrid mobile private network (MPN) at Nardò Technical...
Dec 7, 20223 min read
Audi Expands its Motorsport Competence Centre for its Formula 1 Project.
Audi has announced its Competence Center Motorsport at the Audi Neuburg facility is being expanded for the Formula 1 project. In a new...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Video - Tire Blowout on a Self-Driving Truck
Kodiak Robotics, Inc., provided a video of its autonomous technology handling a Tire blowout on a self-driving Truck. The company said...
Jul 28, 20222 min read
BMW Group Offers First Glimpse of their New Development Site in Sokolov, Czech Republic
BMW Group's first Development site in Central Europe has been showcased to Media and State officials in the Czech Republic. The Group is...
Jul 27, 20224 min read
Rolls Royce Spectre in Second Testing Phase
In September 2021, Rolls-Royce confirmed that it had commenced testing of the first all-electric Rolls-Royce, Spectre. To ensure Spectre...
May 16, 20222 min read
Pirellis Winter Proving Ground will be Operational Throughout Summer for All-Season Testing.
The winter test season has ended at Pirelli’s Sottozero Centre in Lapland, Sweden. However, summer test programmes are about to begin....
May 14, 20222 min read
Fully Electric BMW iX1 Completes Winter Testing at Arjeplog.
Engineers working on the third generation of the BMW X1 – and the new fully-electric BMW iX1 have completed driving dynamics testing at...
May 14, 20224 min read
Euro NCAP has Tested Highway Assistance Systems Offered on four Recent Cars, including VW ID.5
EURO NCAP says as part of its ongoing evaluation of assisted driving technology, they have tested Highway Assistance systems offered on...
May 8, 20222 min read
Nardò Technical Center: 10 years with Porsche
Southern Italy is home to the Nardò Technical Center (NTC), the proving ground owned by Porsche and operated by Porsche Engineering. It...
May 2, 20223 min read
Continental Analytic Vehicle AIBA. Tire Braking Test Vehicle Sets New Standards for Tire Development
Continental has presented a driverless and fully electric test vehicle developed to measure the braking performance of passenger car...
Apr 12, 20222 min read
E-Truck Manufacturer Tevva Opens New Base at MIRA Technology Park.
Tevva has announced that it has opened a base at MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, UK. The facility provides the company with a proximity...